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Chapter 5: The Cause of All Causes

Verse 38 of 38
SB 2.5.38

भूर्लोकः कल्पितः पद्भ्यां भुवर्लोको ऽस्य नाभितः हृदा स्वर्लोक उरसा महर्लोको महात्मनः

bhūrlokaḥ kalpitaḥ padbhyāṁ bhuvarloko 'sya nābhitaḥ hṛdā svarloka urasā maharloko mahātmanaḥ

Synonyms

bhūḥthe lower planetary systems up to the stratum of the earth; lokaḥthe planets; kalpitaḥit is so imagined or said; padbhyāmout of the legs; bhuvaḥthe upper; lokaḥthe planetary system; asyaof Him (the Lord's); nābhitaḥfrom the navel abdomen; hṛdāby the heart; svarlokaḥthe planetary systems occupied by the demigods; urasāby the chest; mahar-lokaḥthe planetary system occupied by great sages and saints; mahā-ātmanaḥof the Supreme Personality of Godhead..

Translation

The lower planetary systems, up to the limit of the earthly stratum, are said to be situated in His legs. The middle planetary systems, beginning from the Bhuvarloka, are situated in His navel. And the still higher planetary systems, occupied by the demigods and highly cultured sages and saints, are situated in the chest of the Supreme Lord.

Purport

There are fourteen spheres of planetary systems within this universe. The lower systems are called the Bhūrloka, the middle systems are called Bhuvarloka, and the higher planetary systems, up to Brahmaloka, the highest planetary system of the universe, are called the Svarloka. And all of them are situated on the body of the Lord. In other words, no one within this universe is without a relationship with the Lord.

Verse 38 of 38
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